The residential market is unlikely to return to full strength until 2022, says CBRE, with the post-lockdown recovery dependant on consumer confidence and the wider economic outlook; agency warns that transactions levels could potentially dip below 2009’s trough, while price falls of 10% ‘cannot be ruled out’

The Covid-19 crisis could drive a “rural renaissance”, reports Savills, as affluent househunters shift their priorities in light of the Coronavirus lockdown. Locations are becoming more flexible while space is becoming more important – and the jury’s out on prices.

The ongoing Coronavirus lockdown will be followed by a “mini-boom” in prime London’s property market, predicts super-prime specialist estate agency Beauchamp. But we’ll have to wade through some painful months before we get there.

The property market “has not ground to a complete standstill” yet, says Zoopla, but demand is drying up, fall-throughs are escalating – and deal numbers are likely to sink dramatically in the coming months.